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My sermon

“On Faith” article by Eboo Patel

So far, the multi-faith weekend has been incredible!  Were were the feature story on our local CBS station tonight.  You can watch the story HERE.

I received this and throught some of you might like reading it.

The Gallup Center for Muslim Studies today released a new report, Religious Perceptions in America: With an In-Depth Analysis of U.S. Attitudes Toward Muslims and Islam.  The major conclusions of the study were:
- Of the four faith groups asked about, Americans express the most prejudice toward Muslims
- Self-reported prejudice toward Jews is the variable most strongly associated with expressed prejudice toward Muslims
- Frequent religious service attendance is associated with reports of “no prejudice.”
- A favorable opinion of Islam is associated with “no prejudice”, whereas personally knowing a Muslim is not.
To read the full report, including an executive summary, please visit:
http://www.muslimwestfacts.com/mwf/125318/Religious-Perceptions-America.aspx

We made the news. Here’s the link and the story has been linked to by USA Today and other newspapers. 
For all the details go to NorthWood’s website.

www.whydoyoufearme.com

Todd is a good friend, he worked in the Senate for a decade followed by working with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice as the point person for policy on the Middle-East specifically Palestinian Isreali issues.  He loves God and is an awesome man - enjoy

Todd Deathridge from Glocalnetblog on Vimeo.

Sunday Carl spoke to our church and did an incredible job. Here’s the interview in the worship service, you can go to www.northwoodchurch.org website to hear the one-and-a-half hour conversation with him.

Carl Madaeris from Glocalnetblog on Vimeo.

Guest Blogger: Bobby Vaughn, Church Planting Administrator - NorthWood Church

“He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?” Micah 6:8
Do Justice (how can you, today, bring justice to an unjust situation?)
Love Kindness (mercy) (Where and to whom do you need to show mercy?)
Walk Humbly with your God (Walking by faith - hearing AND obeying)

This holiday season, remember this verse in the midst of the holiday crowds and madness.  People are watching your behavior whether you know it or not.

I’m in India and it’s incredible what God is doing here - I’ll write when I can… very bad connections.

This was written by Edie Dwan

Evangelism and Gardening

Jesus made the analogy that evangelism is like gardening, and it is. I read an article recently in the NY Times on gardening which quoted from the work and musings of Craig Chalquist of John F. Kennedy University.

It seemed to me that he was also speaking about the spiritual work that we do in people’s lives. These are lessons learned from working in gardens both actual and spiritual. Some of this might apply to the garden of your own soul, and some might be the garden of your ministry.

1.  Abandon perfectionism. The garden is never perfect. Step back and look at the big picture. Or bend close and look at one perfect blossom. But stop focusing on the weeds, the wilting plant, or the black spot on the roses. Gardening is messy.

2.  Things take time to grow. In nature, there are no deadlines and you can’t rush things. They grow in their own time and according to the way God has ordained it. Give it time.

3.  Detach from outcomes. Sometimes you plant seeds and nothing comes up. Sometimes a plant just keels over and dies for no good reason. Sometimes things get eaten by pests. Sometimes things grow beautifully. Your effort may or may not be rewarded. Keep on sowing seeds.

4.  Things decay and die. The garden teaches that some things need to go away. Many times these dying things become compost for the next stage. What is dying in your life right now? What needs to go away so that something new can come?

5.  Nature has multiple ways of doing things. When there are not enough bees to pollinate, wasps, moths and other creatures pick up the slack. We are part of a larger body of Christians who are sowing the Word and being the Light of Jesus in this world. It doesn’t all depend on you. God is bigger than our failings. I used to worry about presenting all the gospel perfectly each time… now I realize that sometimes we just give people a piece of it, and then another time another piece, but that God is not in a hurry.

This article explains the Common Word Conference that some of our church planters and I attended last week.  Great article!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-l-esposito/muslim-and-christian-lead_b_317497.html

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